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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1951
Page
3
Hazel pushes harsh lessons on Nickie about beggars animals and forgiveness, arguing that kindness corrupts and deceit rules. The piece contrasts childlike wonder with adult cynicism, urging gentle guidance to keep tenderness, mercy, and wisdom as the child grows.
The article argues Congress again rejects Alaska statehood despite endorsements from military and economic leaders. It highlights a Defense Department report urging statehood to unlock vast potential in newsprint production and overall frontier development, while warning against private interests that oppose broader powers for the territory.
Peter Edson reports from Washington that the new RFC administration takes aim at criticized lazy bankers. The column analyzes policy shifts and potential impacts on financial institutions and taxpayers amid reform rhetoric.
In three months W Stuart Symington heads RFC approved about 400 loans totaling 80 million while denying over 40 million in requests. Most loans were under 100k with six reviews per loan. He overrules only by written rationale and cites private banks’ reluctance to provide long term capital as a cause of government lending.
Far Hal Boyle reports on an English experimentalist who kept a dream diary dated entries and found some dreams later matched real events. He extended the method to friends who logged dreams for a year and shared similar results, inspiring the book An Experiment With Time.
The piece reflects on boxing’s prestige in England, recalling great fighters from the sport’s past and a waning national pride. It muses on dreams of future glory, parapsychology, and the idea that premonitions might foreshadow real events, mixing sport memory with speculative thought.
A column notes the charm of aging wit, compares open health to bottled cures, and jokes about parking signs and a lively connection to bright potential. It cites a National Geographic source claiming western Yugoslavia holds over a fifth of the world’s bauxite ore.
The article recalls the old National Turnpike routes through Washington and Walnut, noting famous taverns like Globe and Western Tavern later sites of the Hotel Wanilton. It recounts stage arrivals, notable stops by Gen. W H Harrison and Black Hawk, theft incidents, and a 19th century notice by Daniel Schinebly about Globe Tavern.
The poem notes wisdom comes with years and trials not schooling. It contrasts youth’s hasty judgments with age’s patience to judge deeds, motives, and faults. It argues experience from life, loss, and gain, teaches understanding beyond youthful doubt.
An 8 year old from Easton Pennsylvania cut his arm on a broken window at the Moller apartments during a visit to Germantown. He received emergency room care and was discharged. Nora Govdenour 227 Norway Avenue and others received minor injuries.
The Chambersburg school board authorized architects to proceed with detailed drawings for a new senior high school costing about 2.26 million dollars including furnishings. The building would serve 1,100 students and include an auditorium for about 4,500.
Digest of medical Q and A topics on tuberculosis drugs hernia and bone softening. Includes remarks on the Washington tournament bids and memories of notable bridge hands. Discusses hernia types testing and treatment options including surgery and truss use. Explains wrist ganglion persistence and modern removal methods.
Four people were injured in a two car crash on Fairview Mountain above Clear Spring yesterday afternoon. Lewia Corbin of Pittsburgh skidded into a car driven by Charles Ramino of Cumberland Route Six. Total damage was about 3000 dollars. Mrs Ramino suffered a facial cut and Corbin a leg injury. both cars were damaged.
Jottings from yesteryears report a major fire that badly damaged the trestle over the road at Welty's with the blaze’s cause unknown. Nearby resorts report a banner year as 3 600 vacationers are noted. Mayor Scott and Health Officer Pitsnogla consider water mains tasting odd due to citizen complaints. Young Robert Reno gains notice as a touring magician.
Twenty years ago Washington County faced low peaches and apples prices despite a bumper local harvest. The Fairchild Aviation plant averaged ten planes produced monthly. An outbreak of mild toad poisoning tied to impure toad sold at restaurants prompted health officials to act. A new policy fined parking violators at the desk sergeant, boosting revenue for the police department with few hearings requested.
Sam Fry Jr opened four clubs as a killing lead in the 1948 national bridge championship. East-West defenses were thwarted as clubs ran and diamonds were cashed, with a sequence showing why a spade over heart would have allowed South to force a three notrump.
The piece notes anti Moscow riots in Lithuania and growing resistance in Estonia Latvia and Poland. It reports purges in Germany Reds and Tito's defiance as sparks of dissent within the Soviet bloc. It argues Kremlin faces headaches but not immediate revolution as gun power remains.
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